A Concise History of Modern Painting Author:Herbert Read Sir Herbert Read, one of the world's most eminent art critics, died in 1968. He was the author of many distinguished books, and his "A Concise History of Modern Sculpture" is also in the World Art Series. — NYT Book Review: "It is a pleasure to find a book that is not only concise and scrupulously historical, but devoted, as so many other art bo... more »oks are not, to art."« less